Jeff Chandler has put together a good post on how to adopt abandoned WordPress plugins, or to put your own plugin up for adoption. One of the toughest things about using other people’s plugins is that it’s hard to know if it’ll be around in 3, 5, or 10 years. A good adoption system for WordPress would be very healthy for the ecosystem.
Craft your origin story • Pointed questions for devs to ask prospective employers • Strategies against Ageism • IBM’s a**hole test • Take a pass on a “fast-paced environment.” • WordPress Translation Day • Writing Tips for Engineers • Preventing burnout as a manager
The State of California is banning companies from using “dark patterns.” This might be the start of a larger movement to prevent sneaky and just plain bad design or UI decisions — like trying to cancel a subscription online only to find it’s nearly impossible. 👏 About one out of every ten eCommerce websites uses…
Pingdom has released a WordPress plugin that allows Pingdom users to use their Real User Monitoring service within WordPress. It’s even available to users with free Pingdom accounts. h/t Ryan Hellyer
Today wpXtreme 1.0.0 beta3, a plugin to enhance WordPress user experience, was released. More then 250 fixes, lots of improvements and 3 new fundamental features.
Jason Cohen, of WP Engine, talks about the unachievable goal of 100% uptime for hosts. He lays out the reality very nicely. It’s great to see that logic. I added my own remarks in the comments, because I think more can be done upfront to reduce unhappy customers during the 0.01% of the time.
An overview of using Varrying Vagrant Vagrants as your local development environment.
